It isn’t just snakes that fill up the reptilian quota of egg-laying animals. A group of reptiles — known as squamates — ...

October marks the start of baby copperhead season, a time when the venomous snakes are more active and easier to overlook on ...

Forget eggs! Many snakes surprise us by giving birth to live young, a clever survival tactic in harsh environments. From the ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Expect to start seeing baby Copperhead snakes around the Triangle. Experts said August is hatching time for the venomous snakes, and this year's hotter-than-normal temperatures means ...

Forget eggs! Many snakes surprise us by giving birth to live young, a clever survival tactic in harsh environments. From the ...

An 8-year-old anaconda housed at the New England Aquarium in Boston gave birth this January, but these are no ordinary babies. The mother lives in an exhibit with only adult female snakes — making the ...

Labor Day and St. Patrick’s Day have an environmental aspect in common. Each one represents a seasonal guidepost of increased snake activity. Many U.S. snakes emerge from winter dormancy in March, ...

Ronaldo, a 6-foot Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor kept at a school in England, was thought to be male — until the snake gave birth to 14 babies last month. The boa had not had contact with another ...

There are some new additions to the wildlife community inside Boston's New England Aquarium: two baby anacondas. The South American snakes are among the biggest in the world. But the arrival of these ...